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CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN
Volume 13, Issue 35, Pages 3608-3621Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/138161207782794176
Keywords
angiogenesis; type I collagen; recombinant collagens; integrins; superpolymer; tissue engineering
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- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL053590, R29HL053590] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 53590] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [R01 ARO48544] Funding Source: Medline
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Angiogenesis, the development of blood vessels from the pre-existing vasculature, is a key component of embryogenesis and tissue regeneration. Angiogenesis also drives pathologies such as tumor growth and metastasis, and hemangioma development in new-borns. On the other hand, promotion of angiogenesis is needed in tissues with vascular insufficiencies, and in bioengineering, to endow tissue substitutes with appropriate microvasculatures. Therefore, much research has focused on defining mechanisms of angiogenesis, and identifying pro- and anti-angiogenic molecules. Type I collagen, the most abundant protein in humans, potently stimulates angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Crucial to its angiogenic activity appears to be ligation and possibly clustering of endothelial cell (EC) surface alpha 1 beta 1/alpha 2 beta 1 integrin receptors by the GFPGER(502-507) sequence of the collagen fibril. However, additional aspects of collagen structure and function that may modulate its angiogenic properties are discussed. Moreover, type I collagen and fibrin, another angiogenic polymer, share several structural features. These observations suggest strategies for creating angiogenic superpolymers, including: modifying type I collagen to influence its biological half-life, immunogenicity, and integrin binding capacity; genetically engineering fibrillar collagens to include additional integrin binding sites or angiogenic determinants, and remove unnecessary or deleterious sequences without compromising fibril integrity; and exploring the suitability of poly(ortho ester), PEG-lysine copolymer, tubulin, and cholesteric cuticle as collagen mimetics, and suggesting means of modifying them to display ideal angiogenic properties. The collagenous and collagen mimetic angiogenic superpolymers described here may someday prove useful for many applications in tissue engineering and human medicine.
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